Ok, to those New Zealanders walking around in shorts and t-shirts, you are not cold... but I'm feeling it - 4 layers of clothes and a fire in the fireplace every night! (*Note to self - buy more timber)
So what can you do to keep warm here? Believe it not almost every activity you would like to do is indoors!
There are many indoor sports centres, hockey, soccer, squash and so on, there is indoor mini golf, go karting, snow skiing, ice skating, heated indoor swimming pools (complete with indoor water slides), and then the usual movie theaters and great places for dinner.
If you don't want to go out to go indoors, convert your garage and take up an indoor hobby. We visited Dunkley's craft show just recently, and found it very inspiring. Last year after visiting we started scrapbooking and card making, this year we are sewing and knitting... and for the boys... there's always computer games.
The best (worst?) part is TradeMe.co.nz, where you can buy or sell anything, and they deliver it to your door, my fabric box is overflowing!!!! Every person I have spoken to here knows and uses trademe at one time or another, some run businesses on it, it's a fantastic commodity and seems much more widespread than ebay was in Australia.I've made a few things so far, and am planning to do more this winter.
Now if I get carried away enough with the sewing, I may just put some of the things I make back onto Trademe to sell ;)
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